The Green Bay Packers made major waves across the NFL on Friday night, trading up to select wide receiver Christian Watson. After his selection, the team surprisingly assigned him a classic wide receiver number rather than one that takes advantage of the NFL’s expanded numbering rules.
The team’s initial announcement was that Watson would be wearing 82 for the Packers, a number that has recently been given to down-the-roster wide receivers and tight ends. However, on Saturday morning, a change came in and Watson instead will wear number 9:
Given the trends across the NFL, Watson taking a single-digit number after all makes sense.